Jen Sorensen's discussions

Oh, I’ve been on GoComics for a long time! But as a self-syndicated cartoonist. My sitch is slightly unique.

See, this is what I meant about the usernames.

Shifting winds of the media landscape. Read more

Hooray for good old altweekies!

Dr. Sorensen... I like the sound of that.

Hadn’t seen that! Great minds think alike. :)

You got it. This comic isn’t even about the Russia investigation, except for one panel pointing out Fox spreading BS about it. It’s about the US developing the same authoritarian tendencies as Russia.

Thanks, dudebra!

The practice itself is nothing new, of course — remember the 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC when hundreds were rounded up indiscriminately? (The city settled a lawsuit for $18 million a decade later.) The issue is relevant now because of the felony rioting charges being levied against more than 200… Read more

To be more exact, I’d say “Pride in the pluralistic vision of America at its best, obvious imperfections notwithstanding (see panel three)” but, you know, cartoons have their limitations.

Wow, I hadn’t seen that.

Haha, nice screengrab! I actually meant to color those, but you got the idea.

Yes, I just felt like drawing that hair.

Mark Halperin. According to a former ABC news employee, “The first meeting I ever had with him was in his office and he just came up from behind — I was sitting in a chair from across his desk — and he came up behind me and [while he was clothed] he pressed his body on mine, his penis, on my shoulder.” 

Understood! It just occurred to me that the headline could be undermining my point a little. Thanks for the kind words.

Point taken. I’ve added quotes around “conspiracy theory” FWIW.

I grew up in white rural America. Of course there’s condescension towards poor whites. But there’s no comparison between that and the coded racist language (and some not-so-coded) that has been overwhelmingly used to scapegoat black Americans for decades. Who exactly does the term “welfare queen” conjure up in your… Read more

One of my favorite books! It crossed my mind to mention it, but alas, only so many hours in the day.

Certainly not saying progressives are the only ones engaged in name-calling, or that we’re worse than anyone else. I’m just addressing what I’ve noticed in my own circles.

There’s also http://www.schoollunchfairy.org/ which is run by high school students in Florida.